Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.

I remember my mother stitching her own clothes and that she made wonderful cakes.

  1. and that she made wonderful cakes

  2. making wonderful cakes

  3. and her making wonderful cakes

  4. and that she used to make wonderful cakes

  5. and she made wonderful cakes

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

(B): Similar elements in a sentence must be parallel to each other. Therefore, “stiching her…..” is parallel to “making wonderful cakes”. Hence B is the correct answer.